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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1977

Variable Details

Variablepaborn
LabelCOUNTRY OF FATHERS BIRTH
Responses
0 OUTSIDE UK-DK WHERE 0
1 ENGLAND 17473
2 SCOTLAND 2584
3 WALES 1315
4 NORTHERN IRELAND 208
5 AUSTRALIA 23
6 AUSTRALIAN DEPS 0
7 NEW ZEALAND 6
8 N.Z. DEPENDS 0
9 CANADA 33
10 INDIA 237
12 PAKISTAN 40
13 SRI LANKA 21
14 BRUNEI 0
15 HONG KONG 8
16 MALAYSIA 10
17 SINGAPORE 5
18 MISC.ASIAN COMM.ISLS 1
19 THE GAMBIA 0
20 GHANA 10
21 NIGERIA 13
22 SIERA LEONE 1
23 KENYA 3
24 MALAWI 0
25 TANZANIA 6
26 UGANDA 0
27 ZAMBIA 1
28 BOTSWANA 0
29 LESOTHO 0
30 RHODESIA 3
31 SWAZILAND 0
33 MISC.AFRICAN C'W IS 9
34 CYPRUS 45
35 GIBRALTAR 11
36 MALTA 15
37 BARBADOS 14
38 BELIZE 0
39 GUYANA 11
40 JAMAICA 109
41 TRINIDAD&TOBAGO 12
42 W.INDIES ASS.STATES 31
43 W.INDIES DEP.STATES 10
44 FALKLAND ISLANDS 0
45 AUSTRIA 18
46 BELGIUM 12
47 DENMARK 4
48 FINLAND 1
49 FRANCE 40
50 W.GERMANY 16
51 GREECE 5
52 ICELAND 0
53 EIRE 621
54 ITALY 63
55 NETHERLANDS 29
56 NORWAY 9
57 PORTUGAL 6
58 SPAIN 16
59 SWEDEN 8
60 SWITZERLAND 6
61 TURKEY 5
62 YUGOSLAVIA 4
63 OTHER W.EUROPE 0
64 ALBANIA 0
65 BULGARIA 0
66 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 11
67 EAST GERMANY 8
68 HUNGARY 12
69 POLAND 107
70 ROMANIA 8
71 USSR 79
72 REP. OF DJIBOUTI 0
73 ALGERIA 1
74 ANGOLA 0
75 BURUNDI 0
76 CAMEROON REP 1
77 CEN.AFRICAN REP 0
78 CHAD 1
79 CONGO 0
80 ZAIRE 0
81 BENIN 0
82 EQUAT.GUINEA 0
83 ETHIOPIA 0
84 GABON 0
85 REP.OF GUINEA 0
86 GUINEA BISSAU 0
87 IVORY COAST 0
88 LIBERIA 0
89 MALAGASY REP 0
90 MALI 0
91 MAURITANIA 0
92 MOROCCO 6
93 MOZAMBIQUE 0
94 NIGER 0
95 RWANDA 0
97 SENEGAL 0
98 SOMALIA 1
99 S.AFRICA 21
100 SUDAN 0
101 TOGO 0
102 TUNISIA 0
103 UN.ARAB REP 4
104 UPPER VOLTA 0
105 OTHER AFRICA 0
106 BAHRAIN 0
107 IRAN 10
108 IRAQ 1
109 ISRAEL 1
110 JORDAN 0
111 KUWAIT 0
112 LEBANON 2
113 LIBYA 3
114 OMAN 0
115 QATAR 0
116 SAUDI ARABI 0
117 SOUTH YEMEN 2
118 SYRIA 1
119 UN.ARAB EMIRATES 0
120 YEMEN ARAB REP 0
121 AFGHANISTAN 0
122 BHUTAN 0
123 BURMA 1
124 CAMBODIA 0
125 PEOPLE'S REP.CHINA 13
126 REP.OF CHINA 0
127 INDONESIA 2
128 JAPAN 3
129 N.KOREA 0
130 S.KOREA 0
131 LAOS 0
132 MACAO 0
133 THE MALDIVES 0
134 MONGOLIA 0
135 NEPAL 2
136 PHILIPPINES 4
137 THAILAND 0
138 VIETNAM 0
140 PACIFIC ISLANDS 0
141 USA 39
142 ARGENTINA 2
143 BOLIVIA 0
144 BRAZIL 2
145 CHILE 0
146 COLOMBIA 0
147 COSTA RICA 1
148 CUBA 1
149 DOMINICAN REP 0
150 ECUADOR 0
151 GUATEMALA 0
152 FRENCH GUIANA 0
153 DUTCH GUIANA 1
154 HAITI 0
155 HONDURAS 0
156 MEXICO 0
157 NICARAGUA 0
158 PANAMA 0
159 PARAGUAY 0
160 PERU 0
161 PUERTO RICO 0
162 EL SALVADOR 0
163 URUGUAY 0
164 VENEQUELA 0
165 OTHER AMERICAN 0
166 GERMANY-GENERAL 33
167 IRELAND- GEN 55
168 KOREA-GENERAL 0
170 UK,GB OR BRIT.ISLES 9
171 BANGLA DESH 6
172 W.INDIES-NES 8
173 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0
-9 DOES NOT APPLY & MD 8853
-1 NA, REFUSAL, DK 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1977
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